Janette Oke Quotes

“Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises. ”
― Janette Oke

“Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things. ”
― Janette Oke

“Those who choose to be servants know the most about being free. ”
― Janette Oke

“I was acting like a child. Wanting his full attention. His declarations of love. I wanted to be his little princess, I guess. The one he worshiped and adored. Well, life's not like that. And after thinking it through, I actually wouldn't want it to be. We aren't put together in a marriage to stroke each other's ego. Marriage is a partnership. A blending of two lives working together. That's where the commitment comes in. It's a determination of the head - not the heart. No, I shouldn't say it that way. It still involves the heart. It still is based on love, but it's new kind of love. A mature love. One that doesn't ask, "What will you do for me?" but rather "What can I do for you?" or "What can we do for each other?”
― Janette Oke, The Tender Years

“Sometimes, the darkest part of the morning is just before dawn”
― Janette Oke, A Searching Heart

“God knows best. We can trust Him with our lives as well as our eternal souls. He does not take something from us without filling that spot with something just as good--- and because it's from Him, even much better”
― Janette Oke, A Searching Heart

“And just as simply as that, it was over. She was no longer a student in the local town. She was a graduate. An adult. She thought she should feel something. Older.Wiser. But she felt nothing but a strange emptiness. An inner knowledge that she was now on the edge of the nest, ready to try her own wings”
― Janette Oke, A Searching Heart

“How did it all come about—this miracle of love? She didn’t know. It had come upon her unawares... softly.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“There now,” she said with some satisfaction and, taking careful aim, she shut her eyes and chopped hard. It worked—but Marty was totally unprepared for the next event. A wildly flopping chicken—with no head—covered her unmercifully with spattered blood. “Stop thet! Stop thet!” she screamed. “Yer s’pose to be dead, ya—ya dumb headless thing.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“The only trinity that interests these so-called enlightened folk is the monarch, our Parliament, and scientific advancement....”
― Janette Oke, The Birthright